QuoteBeck novel depicts America sliding into civil war
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has indicated that his novel, due out in June, will portray America in the throes of civil war. In a recent appearance before about 8,000 supporters in Orlando, Fla., Beck described the book as "a story of America at a time much like today where the people are confused and they're being lied to," according to Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News, who attended Beck's American Revival event.
Bunch reported that Beck told the gathering the story depicts the rise of a citizen's organization called the Founders Keepers, "a group of people that just won't give up." What follows, Beck said, is "a battle and a civil war, and life is upside-down planetwide."
On its Amazon page, the book is titled "The Overton Window." Beck offered insight into his inspiration for the title on a Fox appearance during which he mentioned the book by a slightly different name: "We Are Americans: The Overton Window." The term Overton Window refers to a theory developed by Joe Overton, a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, in which political ideas move in and out of a window of public acceptability.
The storyline of the novel has prompted some in the blogosphere to worry that Beck is inciting civil insurrection. As he told the crowd in Orlando, "If we don't face the truth right now, we'll be dead in five years -- this country can't survive." He also advised his listeners to stockpile food, saying: "I am incredibly prepared."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/04/beck_novel_depicts_america_sli.html
What a loon :D
So ultimately all the fearmongering and madness he spouts on his program was a sales pitch for his novel? The man's a genius!
The South shall fall again!
Can't decide between this and the Newt Gingrich alternate history novels
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 06, 2010, 10:15:54 AM
Can't decide between this and the Newt Gingrich alternate history novels
Pick the latter, Grant saves the day and the North wins.
History-inspired idiosyncracies must be one of the weirdest "folie a mille" types of delusions nations (or parts of them) suffer from.
One can have otherwise completely well adjusted and educated individuals (not saying Glenn Beck is one) who follow totally idiotic interpretations of historical facts. It would be funny if it wasn't so volatile.
I am ready and willing to sign up as one of Obama's commissars.
Quote from: Kleves on April 06, 2010, 10:10:07 AM
The South shall fall again!
More like the teabaggers who are from all regions of the country(i.e. you) would fall.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2010, 10:43:44 AM
I am ready and willing to sign up as one of Obama's commissars.
Would you send Princesca to a gulag? :(
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2010, 10:48:59 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2010, 10:43:44 AM
I am ready and willing to sign up as one of Obama's commissars.
Would you send Princesca to a gulag? :(
Nah, I'm looking more of a General Blokhin type job.
Beck stockpiles food because he's a Mormon, and all Mormons do that. It's a sacrament or a mitzvah or something.
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2010, 10:48:59 AM
Would you send Princesca to a gulag? :(
Her infatuation with Glenn Beck and these Tea Party loons annoys me. :ph34r:
Hilariously, she still tries to maintain that she's "not a conservative", despite recently changing her party affiliation to Republican so she could vote for Rand Paul in the Kentucky primary.
Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2010, 11:02:56 AM
Beck stockpiles food because he's a Mormon, and all Mormons do that. It's a sacrament or a mitzvah or something.
That because Mormons await the day they can revive the Nauvoo legion form the Theodemocracy.
Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2010, 11:05:05 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2010, 10:48:59 AM
Would you send Princesca to a gulag? :(
Her infatuation with Glenn Beck and these Tea Party loons annoys me. :ph34r:
Is that why she no longer comes here? Or did she get tired of our shennannigans?
G.
Nah, I'm really not sure why she stopped posting, though she lurks from time to time, which I know because about once every couple weeks she'll mention some thread she was reading.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2010, 10:57:13 AM
Nah, I'm looking more of a General Blokhin type job.
Shooting 250 people per night is not as fun a job as it sounds. Are you sure you're ready for it?
Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2010, 11:05:05 AM
so she could vote for Rand Paul in the Kentucky primary.
That is quite the right-wing name. Chosen on purpose, do you know?
(Pre-emptive :berkut:)
Quote from: DGuller on April 06, 2010, 12:03:31 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2010, 10:57:13 AM
Nah, I'm looking more of a General Blokhin type job.
Shooting 250 people per night is not as fun a job as it sounds. Are you sure you're ready for it?
Mouse clicking has strengthened my fingers. Anyway, you get to stay in a basement and meet interesting people.
By the way don't we have a rule against nudity in avatars? The pedophile is breaking it again.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 06, 2010, 06:04:10 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2010, 11:05:05 AM
so she could vote for Rand Paul in the Kentucky primary.
That is quite the right-wing name. Chosen on purpose, do you know?
(Pre-emptive :berkut:)
IIRC, yes.
OK, I get it now. :pinch:
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2010, 06:08:12 PM
Mouse clicking has strengthened my fingers. Anyway, you get to stay in a basement and meet interesting people.
:lol:
Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2010, 06:50:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 06, 2010, 06:12:00 PM
IIRC, yes.
:huh: 'Rand' is short for Randall.
I guess I didn't recall correctly then. Quick web search confirms Randall "Rand" Paul.
I mean, Ron might have nicknamed him Rand as some sort of homage to Ayn Rand, I dunno. Was just pointing out his name isn't actually Rand.
OK, I didn't get it. :pinch:
Princesca prefers to post stuff on Facebook instead because she prefers to trumpet ideas to her new neo-con friends instead of engaging in actual debate as she'd find here. Its a hallmark of conservatives. Trust me, shes going crazier than Hans.
I'm not sure which is more painful, Facebook or Languish debates.
In general, people on Languish fancy themselves highly skilled political commentators and feel they have their finger on the pulse of the future. The worst examples of this I can think of are Hans and CdM, who are really flip sides of the same coin.
I do enjoy reading the intellectual stick rubbing of some people here. I like watching grumbler nit pick but make no real valuable arguments. Its like watching a snake swallow a goat just because it can.
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
I do enjoy reading the intellectual stick rubbing of some people here. I like watching grumbler nit pick but make no real valuable arguments. Its like watching a snake swallow a goat just because it can.
:lmfao:
@Jaron: Do you like cabrito? I've only had it once but thought it was pretty good, kinda sweet.
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
Nice job with the food analogy fatty.
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
If you're angling for a job you probably shouldn't be sharing info he wanted kept hidden.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2010, 12:24:07 AM
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
If you're angling for a job you probably shouldn't be sharing info he wanted kept hidden.
That he's delicious gravy? :huh:
Anyway I look forward to the Turner Diaries part 2. When it turns up in possession of the next militia bomber Beck will be in a world of shit.
Quote from: citizen k on April 07, 2010, 12:05:47 AM
@Jaron: Do you like cabrito? I've only had it once but thought it was pretty good, kinda sweet.
I've never had it.
Quote from: Faeelin on April 07, 2010, 12:07:19 AM
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
Nice job with the food analogy fatty.
Fuck you Faeelin.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2010, 12:24:07 AM
Quote from: Jaron on April 06, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
The best poster we have is Ed Anger, aka Monkeybutt, aka Christopher Hanson because he doesn't really fuck with people, nor does he try to fancy himself some ivory tower sentry. He is the rich, delicious gravy to the bland overcooked steak that is Languish.
If you're angling for a job you probably shouldn't be sharing info he wanted kept hidden.
I'm not angling for a job. I have a job.